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Great shot! Love the contrast. Did you do any photoshop modifications? Looks almost like there was a slight watercolor effect added?

The light was gorgeous, filtered through a dirty bus window, and the

man seem perfectly happy with the world. He caught me taking the

string of exposures, but didn't seem to mind. Comments appreciated,

ratings welcome.

You mean that's a typo in Marc's comment! I think I like the literal translation better. ;) Thanks for the feedback.

Lovely light, angle, and perspective. A little clutter around the edges of the frame, but still a lovely dream-like image.

Great composition. The figures in the background really make the shot.

Comments greatly appreciated.

Wonderful angle and exposure. The light direction and cloud arrangements really add to the shot.

I really like this one, and I think, in this case, that the 50/50 works - a symetrical landscape broken only by the rock's presense. Very otherworldly.

Not offended at all. I really am looking for helpful critiques for the stuff I post here. The shot is a little over exposed, but I don't mind the bright spots overall. I kept the wide crop originally because I liked the grey and black tones in the background and the suggested shape of the chair to the left, but these things don't necessarily come across as well in the small jpeg version. The above is a tighter crop per previous suggestions with some brightness adjustment. Better?

the light is lovely. the foreground leaf that is out of focus is getting in the way, though. the photo would have been much stronger without it. i would also crop the bottom third.

neat. can't tell if it is a bug on a tree or some sort of reptilian creature. made me stop, look, and wonder.

odd image, yet strangely evocative. get rid of the negative space at the top of the frame, perhaps also some of the bottom. the motion blur seems to be an obvious, post processing addition via photoshop, yes?

love it. great use of blur. don't really know what is going on, but makes you smile with the kid.

bad lighting. uninteresting colors. unattractive pose and expression. doesn't do a thing for me.

nice sillouette. the composition is pleasing, but the focus is much to soft.

the background is unattractive and distracting. longer zoom or closer crop would be preferable. it would also be more appealing if the bird was turned in toward the frame and not away.

no differentiated subject - so why the shallow depth of field? there appears to be some great textures available here, but this pic doesn't show them off.

a little less exposure and a little more contrast and this would have been a lovely shot. perhaps try a different time of day, if possible.

great colors. best part of this shot is the sky IMHO. it's too bad the shutter wasn't tripped just a second or two earlier when the girl was further back and to the right in the frame.

like the photograph - lovely textures, color and composition. hate the frame.

nice idea and good exposure control, but I wish the reflection was more interesting and didn't include the fingers

Interesting image. I wish the tip of the leaf on top was not clipped by the frame.

The concept is good, but this execution simply looks over exposed to me. Sorry.

What does one do in a park, but loiter?

 

This is a quaint little park off a busy street on the waterfront in downtown Seattle. I bet you I could go down there and sit on that bench all day long and would receive not one objection from the fine members of the law enforcement community that stroll up and down the boulevard. So why the sign? If not me, then who does it apply to? What people or group does this sign seek to exclude?

A great newpaper shot. DOF is just right - the background is blurred enought to set the subject off, but the signs to the rear are still legible. An inspirational image in that it's the kind of shot I wish I was getting. Thanks for posting.